Photo-Switchable Microvalve in a Reusable Lab-on-a-disc
- Authors:
- T. Glennon, J. Saez, E. Mcnamara, J Ducree. L. Florea, D.Diamond, M. Czugala, F. Benito-Lopez
- Year:
- 2016
- Presentation in congress:
- 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Transducers 2015
- Publishing city and/or Editorial:
- Anchorage, Alaska, USA
- Volume:
- 21-25 June
- Initial page - Ending page:
- 109 - 112
- ISBN/ISSN:
- 2159-547X
- Description:
-
This contribution describes for the first time the fabrication and the performance of a reversible ionogel microvalve in-situ photopolymerised into a reusable disc platform for fluid control. During storage and spinning, the swollen microvalve provides a permanent liquid barrier due to the special chemical characteristics of the ionogel. The microvalve is easy actuated using a white light LED allowing open of the channel at a desired time. The actuation mechanism is chemically reversible when an acid solution is provided to the microvalve. Here a perpendicular microchannel, connected to the valve from behind, is used to ensure the re-swelling of the ionogel and therefore reusability of the Lab-on-a-disc.